Last updated - 4/8/07.

This section describes some of the electrical work that I am doing. First,
if you are going to wire an airplane, then I would suggest that you go to
www.aeroelectric.com
and buy Bob Nuckolls book, AeroElectric Connection. Initially, I was
not too impressed with all of the typos on his website. However, after
ordering and reading Jeppesen's Aircraft Electrical Systems, I gave
Bob's book another chance. I'm glad I did, because it has everything that
you probably want to know about wiring your aircraft. He tells you what you
need and why you need it. The book is well worth the $30, even without being
bound.

I have a couple of side projects where I have experimented with using LEDs for
Nav and Strobe lights. I have built brackets to put 75W halogen lights in the
wing tips for landing and taxi lights. The latest projects are the fuse status
panel and the capacitive fuel gauges.

Other Ideas - 4/8/07.

There's actually a number of things that I might want to do with one or more
of my Z8 controler boards. Some of them I have already started working on
(see list above), and some I am just thinking about. Here's the current list
of things I have in mind:

Fuel related features

convert input from capacitive senders to resistance or voltage
and send it to another EIS

display fuel quantity

display fuel flow

generate low fuel voice alert

Timer

total flight time

countdown timer

Checklists

need some way to get the checklists into the chip, as well as a
compression scheme

Lighting

control the pulse to the LED strobes

wig wag

Fuses

display blown fuse warnings (currently handled by separate board)

fuse voice alerts

AOA indicator

two sensors in the wing tip, sense differential between each
sensor

stall horn, voice alert, visual

Flap position

use hall effect sensors to detect flap movement past each sensor, or
use a pot to detect flap position